Improvement in spectacle-clews for sails of vessels



GEORGE H. CREED.

Improvement in Spectacle-Claws for Sails of Vessels N0. 115,826. PatentedJuneISJMi.

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GEORGE H. OREED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPECTACLE-CLEWS FOR SAILS OF VESSELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,826, dated J one 13, 1871.

I, GEORGE E. OREED, of New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Ships Spectacle-(Hews, of which the following is a specification:

First, the ii'nprovelnent is in the attachment of the ring A embodied in the clew, which not only adds to the strength, but also adds greatly to its ntility,'this ring being placed on the leech or outward side of the sail, so that olewgarnets, jiggers, or braids may be hooked in the same, so that when the sails are hauled up a steady direct strain will come upon the sheets and keep the foot-ropes (the most essential part of any sail) from breaking at the end of the splice. Second, by using the ring A more room is left for the main ring B, which prevents the sheets and clewgarnets from jamming and chafing at the expense of said Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. HINMAN, F. J. RAYMOND. 

